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This is just to say: I was awake when the calendar turned over to 2021. As evidenced by the time stamp on this note. Many fireworks went off in our area and I thought the kids would wake. Also, we couldn't see the Animal Crossing NYE countdown because our Resident Center hadn't been upgraded.

Spent a lot of the morning cleaning. Secretly threw away 2 garbage bags of misc toys. Don't tell my kids. If you're one of my children reading this in the future, No, I'm not sorry.

Speaking of preferences, I'm mostly not a "Binge watch an entire season in a weekend" kind of person. I like when episodes are trickled out weekly-like Expanse S5 now. There's a rhythm to it and drama in the waiting.

I've always been a "Shower in the evening" person. If you're a "Shower in the morning person," I get it - but you're still wrong! Going to sleep on clean sheets is the only way to live.

I have an idea I can't shake - that on rainy, cold, icy, evenings, I am safer, because people who might be out to harm me will stay home b/c of the bad weather.

COVID 19 update #7: A lot has happened since my last update. I met someone for coffee for the first time - which probably wasn't the greatest idea, but you do it anyway sometimes. It’s wonderful Christmas time - having a concrete reason to do our own family Christmas is nice. Two new sections of back yard fence. Yesterday the soccer ball was kicked over the newest of them.

Coffee with a friend at Race Street Coffee. First time meeting up with someone in public since March. Hope it was alright. Good coffee. Now I have a fancy coffee shop paper cup to use for a few days.

This should appear at 7 AM if everything goes well. Good luck out there little buddy.

This should ALSO appear at 7 AM if all went well. Good luck out there little buddy.

Wonder sometimes what portion of my personality and actions boil down simply to “Coffee consumption.”

Technology updates: I rolled back to Mojave on my old unsupported Mac, thanks to a series of nagging Catalina bugs. My neighbor gifted me an HDMI cable. TV update: I found out that Midnight Diner & Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories are separate shows in Netflix.

COVID-19 update #6: We have accrued an incredible amount of plastic bags left over from school lunch pickups. I’ve been watching David Lynch’s weather reports on YT. The splint on my injured hand got cut back above the wrist today. It’s not always coffee in dads coffee cup.

Graduation happening for Marielle’s school today. At TX Motor Speedway. Cool place to graduate, all things considered. She’s helping. Getting an officially branded school mask.

I’m pretty jealous of the astronauts today, because leaving the planet for a few days seems like a fine option right now. 

Current status: sitting in the backyard, tending the fire, working on my stretching finger. Everyone else is in the tent, camping out in the yard, watching Cars.

Caught my finger in my dog’s halter a few weeks ago and haven’t been able to move the tip of my finger since. Finally went to the doc today. Heading in for tendon surgery tomorrow morning. Having even a 50% working extra finger will be awesome.

My wife is at a senior high school celebration event. Which is great. but it also looks like a football tailgater and not a responsible event held in the context of a pandemic.

Why??????

My daughter just invited me to meet her at her skeleton horse ranch. In Minecraft, of course.

Just now considered watching THE WIRE again. I watched it all back in 2008. What a ride it was then. Plus Prime Video plays it in the new 16:9 reformatted version. Then again, do I have time to watch a TV show through??

COVID-19 update #5: I am eating lots of bread. This is the only time in the past decade I have truly wished for a printer. I fill the house with the sounds of distant talking.

COVID 19 update #4 - my daughter can't find the way back to her ranch in Minecraft. The dog is having the time of his life. My middle son started calling Swiss Cake Rolls "Wonderpants." The baby is nearly crawling.